Home TV Shows Family Horrible Histories “The history they don't teach you in school.”
First aired April 16, 2009 1h 32m/ep 11 seasons · 154 epsRunning Overview Based on the best-selling children's books and liberally splattered with guts, blood and poo, a group of British comedians offer an anarchic and unconventional take on some of history's most gruesome and funny moments, with topics including the Stone Age, the Middle Ages, the Egyptians and the Romans, among others.
Seasons Specials 93 episodes · Jul 27, 2010
Series 1 13 episodes · Apr 16, 2009
All 13 episodes of the BBC series! History with the nasty bits left in! Based on the bestselling series of books for kids (and for adults, but they just won't admit it), Horrible Histories is an anarchic, surprising and unconventional take on history's most gruesome and funny moments. Foul facts, rotten rulers, beastly battles and evil inventions feature in horribly hilarious sketches, songs, cartoons and quizzes - all linked by the show's host, a talking rat! Liberally splattered with guts, blood and poo, Horrible Histories romps through the ages with fascinating facts from the Savage Stone Age, Awful Egyptians, Rotten Romans and Vicious Vikings, taking in the Measly Middle Ages, Terrible Tudors, Gorgeous Georgians and Vile Victorians, right up to the Woeful Second World War.
Series 2 12 episodes · May 31, 2010
Series 3 13 episodes · May 30, 2011
Series 4 13 episodes · Apr 9, 2012
Series 5 13 episodes · May 27, 2013
Series 6 15 episodes · Feb 13, 2015
Series 7 15 episodes · Jun 15, 2017
Season 8 15 episodes · Jun 3, 2019
Season 9 15 episodes · Apr 30, 2021
Historical sketch show, based on the successful books by Terry Deary.
Season 10 15 episodes · Jun 16, 2023
Season 11 15 episodes · Feb 7, 2025
Last Air Date
December 19, 2025
Production
Lion Television Citrus Television
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